The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-27
EDUCATED MEN.
The Vulgarity of Labor Shown by a Gentleman of the
 New School.
A Flatterer Who Understood His Busi-
 ness But Overreached His Capabilities.

ness But Overreached His Capabilities.
 Sandy Blunt and Mark Savely, two well known colored gentleman of the new school, formed copartnership and entered into the business of sell ing dritt-wood. Mir. Blunt, man of learning, having preached during sev- eral seasons at Wolf Bayou, took upon himself the duty of bookkeeper and general supervisor, while Savely, whose long career as a ferryman fitted him for such performances, caught the wood and drew it to the shore.
 "Savely," said Mir. Blunt one morn- ing as he opened his ledger, "it sorter strikes me dat we'll natter hire some pusson to 'sist in dis we're bizness."
 "Yas, dat's CT fack, fur it keeps me jerkin' my Jints mighty libely ter split up all desc chunks an fotch lem outen de water too."
 "Savely," replied Mir. Blunt, turning from the flour barrel which served as a desk and casting look of pity upon his partner, "it don't erpeer dat yer hab yit cotch de speret O dis yere transac- tion. Splittin' up de chunks is CT mighty small erfair in 'parison wid de pressin' judiciaries O de circum- fluxal conformities O communicated heterogenousness."
 "I dunno whut yer mean, sah."
 "Den yer ain't 1T man O letters"
 "Dat mout be, but I'se CT man O postal cards an got one dis mornin', am hits ober dar in my jacket dis minit."
 "Oh, doan 'spute dat, but yer know dat in the social incomprehensi- bility de man O postal cards kain't hope ter circumstantiate wid de man O letters, but be dat ez it may, we'll leab off de geographical conformity an come down ter plain talk dat yer Sef ken un'erstan', an dat is, I needs CT 'sistant."
 "Whut fur, I'd ike ter know?"
 "W'y, ter stan right dar an tell troublesome folks dat ain't in. Does yer reckon CT bizness can prosper eff de head man is allus in? Does yer reckon dat Jay Gould would own all desc we're railroads eff he'd been in ever time CT man came erlaung. tell yer whut's CT fack, Savely, Pse spent de mos O my life in larnin' how ter be a generman O edycation, an now Pse 'bliged ter hab money, ter be in CT big bizness, am de only way ter climb ter de top is not ter see but CT few O de folks dat call erroun'. Wander comes CT man now. Ack ez my 'sist- ant yere an if he axes fur me till him I ain't in."
 "But he ken see dat yer is in."
 "Neber mine de abstrack. Do ez l tells yer, CT yer neber will git rich vile dar's pref in yer body"
 Old Tony Lawson came to the door of the shanty and asked for MT. Blunt
 "He ain't in," Savely answered.
 "Who dat settin' dar on dat kag wid his elbows on de bar'l?"
 "Tells yer dat de generman isn't in. J
 "Yas, but don't I see him sittin right dar?"
 "Doan mek no diffunce whut yer sees. l dun tole yer dat he ain't in.'
 Old Tony, casting look of con- tempt upon Savely, advanced a few steps, and addressing Blunt, said: "Pst come, sah, ter git my pay fur cleanin out dat we'll"
 Mir. Blunt, turning the leaves of his ledger, muttered: "Ought's CT ought am five's CT five. Ramifcation O dt subtraction am multiply de semi. colon. Ten added off O de algebra an divisioned onter de fractions"
 "I say dat Pse come"
 "Three's CT three an five longs tel de mathematics. Seben subtractet rum de six am 'glomerated wid d, explicit O de architect"
 "Look yere, ole man, doan ker' nothin.. erbout yer thrashin' mershen, O figgers an' confectionery O de plum. bago. I wants my money fur cleanin out dat we'll"
 MT. Blunt slowly turned with , negro's deliberation of extreme con tempt, and thus addressed his visitor sDe high bred generman standin' dal tole yer dat ain't ir.n
 ~Yas, but doan I see yer righ yere2e s M 4ses stDe laws O p'liteness, sah, makes n. pervision fur whut yer sees, but 'pel yer ter take heed q whut yer heahs Moses sid. ter dc chillun O dc Irul 1t Ain't whut CT man sees dat 'filetl hiIn3 but dAt whnt h1 heahs.,s A !. t<Yas. but \ ai11,t uo chillna a, Ixyul